Posted on 12/23/2022 6:14:39 AM PST by Carriage Hill
It is the end of the road for mainstream rear-wheel-drive, four-door internal combustion engine cars. Kia has announced it will end production of the Stinger next year and is sending it out with a run of 1,000 Tribute Edition cars, with 400 earmarked for the U.S. It will be joined in the history books with the Dodge Charger, which is being replaced in 2024 by the all-electric Daytona Charger SRT coupe. Ford, Chevrolet and the non-luxury Japanese brands all stopped selling this type of car years ago as they transitioned to front-wheel-drive and SUV-focused lineups.
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That sure appears to be the strategy, but it won’t work with many of us.
Makes a huge amount sense.
Thanks for the tip; I’ll ask around here if anyone carries it.
I bought it off Amazon and sprayed it on myself.
You need to touch it up every couple years.
Best part is it doesn’t smell nasty like most other products.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAZIdLIckYk
Government has been propping up Chrysler and their successor corporate entities (Fiat, PSA, Stellantis) since 1981. The Hemi V8 was a great innovation in 1951, and it has evolved over the years managing to keep pace technologically, but like two-cycle motors, reached the point of being unacceptable to the CO2 purists.
But combustion of hydrocarbon fuels (incorrectly called “fossil fuels”, a total misnomer) produces CO2, so a whole new approach to automotive power systems had to be introduced, to get to “zero-carbon” emission standards, a fool’s errand on the best of days. Carbon monoxide is in fact a tasteless, colorless and toxic emission, but its chemical relative, carbon dioxide, is also a tasteless and colorless gas, but NOT toxic, and in fact, it is essential to support life as we know it.
Battery technology, and recharging the batteries from the electric grid that powers homes and industry, seemed like a possible alternative, but alas, neither the grid or the battery technology is up to the task of achieving “zero-carbon” emissions. The electric grid is largely powered by hydrocarbon fuels, coal, petroleum, and natural gas, and the point production of carbon dioxide is simply moved away from the vehicle to a point far removed. The electric grid as it now exists shall be unable to supply the current necessary to keep all the battery-powered vehicles charged up, and the battery technology itself, because of the many steps necessary to produce them, together create MANY times the carbon emissions that could be attributed to an equivalent number of hydrocarbon-fueled vehicles.
And at exorbitant cost.
I’ll defer to your knowledge of it; there is just something about having less weight over the drive wheels that makes it less stable. I don’t miss fishtailing!
That, of course, is exactly what the Ruling Class wants you to do. You will own nothing, eat bugs, and be grateful when they increase your daily bug ration from 16 oz to 400 g.
It will work, or you’ll be pedestrians or using mass transit. Nobody is turning back any of these regulations.
Thanks!
The Priuses I drove occasionally as ‘loaner cars’ from the Toyota dealer were severely underpowered. Last time I had one was about 3 years ago, so I my information may not be correct for newer models.
Stupid move.
Look at Tesla stock. The public realized that Bitcoin was a Ponzi scheme and that EVs are just a hoax.
We are already at peak lithium.
inhibiting Americans from moving about freely. >>> That Started when they required a LICENSE to OPERATE a motor VEHICLE.
Yes, outstanding tires. I have them on both of my vehicles. What’s interesting is that to a casual observer they don’t really look like winter tires, as the tread pattern is not that aggressive.
You did good! Putting a 3.5L in them is a huge mistake, IMO. I just purchased a Tacoma TRD OffRoad with the 3.5L, tow package, it's loaded up to the gills with every option. I'm 60, think this will be the last vehicle I purchase. Never EVER heard a bad word about Tacoma's and Toyota's reliability is #1.
I still don’t understand why sedans are even built anymore. They’re even more useless than a 2WD pickup truck.
Maybe because you live in winter hell and not below I-40?
Except for hydrogen powered cars even Toyota produced a semi that goes 500 miles before a fill up required and it pulled 87.000 pounds.
EV’s in sink mode sales down 65% this year.
No mention of Mercedes, BMW and Porsche.
When was the last RWD Toyota Corolla sold in the US? (I'm guessing it was in the late 1980s.)
(My second guess is that there will be enough RWD cars with manual transmissions around - new or used - to keep me happily entertained for the rest of my days.)
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